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REVIEW: 007 First Light: The reboot the franchise deserves

Marley Herndon | June 10

“I’ve been reading up on the 00’s, and I think the programme deserves a reboot.”  This is what iconic Bond regular Ms. Moneypenny, reimagined in “007 First Light” as the “girl in the chair,” tells James Bond before he’s shipped off for training in Malta to become the hero fans know and love. It’s also the apparent mission statement of developer IO Interactive as they were tasked with both telling the first original Bond story since fans said goodbye to the Daniel Craig era in 2021 with “No Time To Die,” and developing the first 007 video game since “007 Legends” in 2012.

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REVIEW: ‘Invincible’ season 4: Bigger, better, bolder

Rodney Prunty | May 11

The fourth season of Amazon Prime's hit show “Invincible” wrapped up on April 22 and did not disappoint. Season four delivers a lot of highs and very little lows, with  this  season's main story line following the Viltrumite War — the war between our cast of heroes and the Viltrumite empire, the alien race that Omni-Man is from.   The voice acting in this season is stellar as Steven Yeun, who voices Mark Grayson aka Invincible, kills it through the entire season. Gillian Jacobs, who voices Atom Eve, doesn’t have the most screen time this season but does an amazing job as an emotional anchor for Mark, and you can hear it in her performance.  

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REVIEW: ‘Project Hail Mary’ makes unique twist on alien subgenre

Paulina Acosta-Marta | April 13

When the world is full of darkness and existential threat, how can science fiction adapt? When Earth can be more frightening than space, how can we tell captivating stories that take place beyond our world? You go the other way; you make them heartwarming. That’s exactly what Phil Lord and Chris Miller did. “Project Hail Mary” is a sci-fi film based on the novel of the same title, released in March 2026, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Lord and Miller.  The movie starts with Grace, played by Gosling, waking up in space and having no recollection of how he got there. After discovering he’s on a mission to save Earth from a sun-consuming microbe, Grace must overcome odds, finding a best friend along the way. 

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REVIEW:‘Life Is Strange: Reunion,’ a beautiful farewell to the partners in time

Rodney Prunty | April 13

After the previous entry in this beloved series “Life Is Strange: Double Exposure” failed to deliver, Deck Nine Games needed to make sure the next installment steered the franchise back on track. On March 26, “Life Is Strange: Reunion” was released, becoming the seventh installment in the series. While having some minor flaws, “Reunion” largely accomplishes their goal. “Reunion” picks up where “Double Exposure” left off with fan-favorite protagonist Max Caulfield, but unlike “Double Exposure,” she’s not alone, as they pair her up with her partner in time Chloe Price. 

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REVIEW: ‘Undertone’ breaks molds for horror

Lexis Lovato | April 10

From A24, the studio that created “Hereditary” and  “The Witch,” “Undertone” brings a fresh take on horror with minimal acting, setting and cinematography to emphasize fear through sound, effects and audios. The film follows a woman named Evy, played by Nina Kiri, who recently moved in with her terminally ill mother to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. Evy is the co-host of The Undertone podcast where she and her cohost talk about paranormal subjects and cases. Evy seems to have a close friendship with Justin, her cohost, who is voiced by Adam DiMarco but never appears on screen. The only characters to make a regular on-screen appearance are Evy, and Michèle Duquet as her mother.

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REVIEW: ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ is a love letter to the King

Rodney Prunty | March 9

“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” is a documentary with never - before seen - footage of Elvis Presley’s time and performances in Las Vegas. Released on Feb. 27, the documentary is directed by Baz Luhrmann who also directed Elvis, the biopic of Presley in 2022. Luhrmann once again delivers in his showcasing of the King of Rock and Roll, creating an immersive theater experience. This documentary briefly explores Presley’s earlier years to get straight to the action of how he would go about his performances.The documentary reveals Presley's first practices, then the second practices and finally the live shows he performed in front of sold - out crowds in Las Vegas. Oftentimes in the documentary, I found myself getting sucked into the performances and feeling like I was really one of the audience.

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REVIEW: Wild, dark and beautiful: ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation is captivating

Addie Gerber | March 9

“Wuthering Heights” is one of the first books to combine gothic themes with romantic ones, showcasing intense emotional violence and toxic obsession, that broke social norms of polite love stories during Victorian times. On Feb. 13, the film adaptation of the novel, directed by Emerald Fennell, was released in theatres resurfacing the book’s complex themes in a masterful way. For those who have not read the book, or like me, have attempted to read it, the story follows Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff from childhood to adulthood around Earnshaw’s estate: Wuthering Heights. When Heathcliff was a boy, his father abandoned him, with Catherine’s father taking him in to be Catherine’s “pet.” At the time, Heathcliff refused to talk but they soon became fast friends and were inseparable as kids.

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REVIEW: ‘Nothing’s About to Happen to Me’ wanders into whimsical melancholy

Addison Fulton | March 9

Fan-favorite sad girl Mitsuki Laycock, known as Mitski, released her eighth studio album “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me,” marking a musical shift with a strong emotional core. Dropped on Feb. 27, the album is different from Mitski’s earlier, grungier work, but still an excellent listen.  For most of her career, listeners and critics had pigeon-holed Mitski into a role as the ultimate sad girl. For a while, the reputation was deserved — her lyrics were full of pain, her vocals darkly melodic and her instrumentation featuring almost discordant bass and heavy percussion. It was her sad songs that got the biggest hype. Mitski filled a need, she was a voice for the pain a lot of young women carried. That pain screeched on the guitar, wailed through the lyrics, slammed against the drums and it spoke to people.

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REVIEW: ‘GOAT’ is a whimsical wonder kid story

Addison Fulton | March 2

I was in middle-school the first time I heard the boys in my class arguing about who was the G.O.A.T — greatest of all time. Then, I was a kid who stubbornly, intentionally went out of my way to not care about sports, so overhearing the conversation I said, “Why are you guys fighting about farm animals?”  They laughed at me. They weren’t talking about that kind of goat. Years later on Feb. 13, Sony Animation and director Tyree Dillihay released “GOAT,” with basketball player Stephen Curry attached as a producer and voice actor. The story follows Will Harris, a young anthropomorphic goat who dreams of playing for his home team, the Vineland Thorns.

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REVIEW: ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ a required watch for non-moms, caretakers

Shin Thant Hlaing | February 23

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is an Oscar-nominated dramedy or tragic comedy, but I feel the urge to classify it as “realistic horror.” The realistic horror of the film thrives on suffocating the protagonist, not in a literal sense, but by brilliantly illuminating the ways responsibility can feel crushing. Through exploring themes of parenthood and escapism, the movie becomes a must-watch for those who seek to explore the struggles of child-rearing. Directed and written by Mary Bronstein, the film follows Linda, a therapist played by Rose Byrne, who is not isolated in the conventional sense, but rendered helpless by a minimal income, an absent husband and an ailing child. There are no meaningful sources of “help,” and Linda finds herself feeling past capacity.

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REVIEW: ‘Iron Lung’ is a bloody testimony to the power of hope

Addison Fulton | February 23

How far would you go for the chance to survive? How long? How deep? And would you do it in the tiniest, grossest submarine known to man? Mark Fischbach — better known by his online alias and YouTube handle “Markiplier” — asks these questions in his film “Iron Lung.” The film is based on a game by the same title that Fischbach played on his Youtube channel in 2023. “Iron Lung” takes place in a post-apocalyptic world after the “Quiet Rapture,” wherein all stars and planets suddenly disappear leaving only humans who inhabited space ships. The story follows Simon, a prisoner of an organization called the Consolidation of Iron, arrested after his involvement in destroying one of the remaining space ships. The COI discovers a strange moon made entirely of an ocean of blood, which they tell Simon to survey and search for resources in a rickety submarine in exchange for his freedom. 

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REVIEW: ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ a Black History Month must watch

Camillo Cretara | February 16

Of all the Black and African American directors there are, none stand out in history as much as Spike Lee. Lee’s 2018 film “BlacKkKlansmen,” starring John David Washington as Ron Stallworth and Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman, is a movie based on the story of Colorado Springs’ first African-American detective and his infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan in 1979. Stallworth begins as a filing officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, filing evidence and paper work until one day, he is moved straight into intelligence. With the movie being set in the 1970s, you can see the stark differences between how detectives gathered information and intelligence then and now. Newspapers were a great way to find things out and were considered more central to the general population.

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REVIEW: ‘Marty Supreme’ is an instant cult classic

Addison Fulton | January 19

For a film about table tennis, Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” includes remarkably little table tennis. It’s a dizzying, disorienting and fast-paced film about fictional table tennis star Marty Mauser, a Jewish man living in New York in the 1950s. Mauser is an irresponsible, womanizing jerk. At the beginning of the movie, he impregnates another man’s wife, and mocks a fellow player who survived a concentration camp — not the kind of guy you usually root for in a sports film. But “Marty Supreme” is no ordinary sports feature, and that’s the root of its artistry and charm.

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REVIEW: ‘We feel that’ Vince Gilligan’s ‘Pluribus’ is a masterpiece

Addison Fulton | January 19

Creator of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” Vince Gilligan’s newest series “Pluribus” reinvents the alien bodysnatcher subgenre and brings Albuquerque to centerstage once again.  Largely filmed in New Mexico, “Pluribus” features an alien, virus-like entity that comes to Earth through a mysterious radio transmission, with almost everyone on Earth assimilated into a pacifistic hivemind, except for just 13 people worldwide, who are — for an unknown reason — immune. 

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REVIEW: The Long Walk (2025), an adaptation done right

Rodney Prunty | December 9

The plot of “The Long Walk” is simple: a group of boys volunteer to do a long walk. But on this walk, if they stop walking, they die.The last boy walking wins prize money and a wish. This movie is not a traditional horror movie with jumpscares and a big villain; instead it is a psychological horror thriller.  Despite the plot being simple, the movie itself is stellar — and a huge part of that is the cast. Most of this movie is characters walking and talking while trying to survive. This could be a very boring concept for a movie, but the cast of “The Long Walk” does a tremendous job connecting us with the characters and keeping the audience interested.

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REVIEW: ‘Dispatch’ revived a genre and changed my heart in a big way

Marley Herndon | December 2

Telltale Games was a once beloved studio that brought the “choose your own adventure” genre to the forefront of the gaming world with beloved titles like “The Walking Dead,” “The Wolf Among Us” and “Batman: The Telltale Series.”  In their ashes rose AdHoc Studio, a small group of former Telltale and Ubisoft developers whose initial assignment, “The Wolf Among Us 2,” fell through. So, they announced “Dispatch,” an episodic superhero workplace comedy starring Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad” fame, featuring player choice and a lovable cast of characters.

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REVIEW: Peace out — ‘Peacemaker’ season two left me with mixed feelings

Addison Fulton | October 27

On Oct. 9, the final episode of the second season of James Gunn’s “Peacemaker” was released. It was a strong end to an excellent season, but it was not without its faults. Who knew John Cena could break my heart like that? Season two follows Cena as Christopher Smith, aka Peacemaker, as he discovers a parallel universe wherein his brother, who Smith accidentally killed as a child, and his father, who Smith killed in season two, are alive. While exploring the alternate universe, Smith kills the alternate version of himself. 

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REVIEW: ‘To yield is a power:’ Christina Pugh and the poetics of ‘Revelation’

Nicholas Skaldetvind | October 20

Apocalyptic writing has always wrestled with the same question that drives poetry: what can language reveal when the world seems on the verge of collapse? In her Tupelo Press collection from 2024, “The Right Hand,” Christina Pugh transforms that ancient tension into an inquiry, both of spirit and of body.  Her poems inherit the intensity of “The Book of Revelation” yet move through the material world: needles, basil leaves, marble, skin, with an alert and visionary calm. Apocalypse, in her poetry, becomes an opening, rather than an ending.

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REVIEW: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will stay invisible on my bookshelf

Addie Gerber | October 13

I would fully recommend “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” if you like reading historical fantasies. For me, the book had barely any dimensional characters, and a writing style that was too focused on looking pretty rather than being readable. Published in 2020 by V. E Schwab, the story mainly follows a girl named Adeline LaRue from France, born in the year 1691.On her wedding day, she made a deal to extend her life with the God of Shadows, Luc. The deal was made, but it wasn't until the morning that she learned there was a drawback;everyone she meets forgets who she was as soon as they walked away or closed a door. 

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REVIEW: Help “Him”

Addison Fulton | September 29

Where does fear live? Does it sit in the body, heavy and wet, reminding you that you are a living animal? Is it in the brain? That delicate computer in between all of our ears, that can as easily guide us as it can deceive us? From the devil or God or things lurking in the dark? I’ll tell you where it certainly does not live: in Justin Tipping’s new horror film, “Him.” Hopes were set high on Sept. 18 when “Him” was released with Jordan Peele — the man behind “Get Out,” “Us” and “Nope” — attached as a producer through his company Monkeypaw Productions. Those expectations were not met.